It takes me one minute to clear my throat, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome to Vancouver. I think I'm the only MP here from Vancouver, so I want to thank all of you for taking the time to come and talk to us.
I'll have to be brief.
To Mayor Dahling, you say in your brief that the public safety ministry policy is to “maintain and enhance public safety in every community across the province”, but that it is “not possible for this service plan to be implemented if the funding is not available for the RCMP to implement it”. You point out that the RCMP are “removing all police officers from communities of less than 5,000 that have a single member stationed in them”, and you say that funding is “desperately required to facilitate RCMP to protect citizens”.
Can you maybe enlighten us on what specifically you think will be the consequences in your community if this policy of removing RCMP officers is implemented?